Stans studied political sciences and genderstudies at the University of Amsterdam, where she graduated in 2000, and holds a certificate in Dutch law. After her graduation she worked for a Dutch political party, as a policy maker in Government, and in the field of democratisation. From 2003 onwards she worked as a PhD student and post doc at the Institute of Health Policy and Management (iBMG) where she researched interactions in science, policy and practice in health care, and as lecturer at Organisation Sciences of the VU University Amsterdam. In 2010 she defended her thesis ‘science and policy in interaction’.
| Job title | Senior researcher |
| Department | Technology Assessment |
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